All day travel chaos on Elizabeth line after broken track on Paddington line

All train lines between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed have been blocked after a fault on a train.

National Rail warned passengers of delays of up to 80 minutes on trains.

CrossCountry, LNER, Lumo and TransPennine Express services are affected.

The issue is expected to be solved at about 6pm.

Here are all the affected routes.

• CrossCountry between Aberdeen and Plymouth, and also between Edinburgh and Birmingham New Street / Bristol Temple Meads / Plymouth / Penzance
• LNER between Inverness / Aberdeen / Stirling / Edinburgh and London Kings Cross
• Lumo between Edinburgh and London Kings Cross
• TransPennine Express between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed / Newcastle

A fault on a train is wreaking havoc on South Western Railway trains through Clapham Junction.

Because of the fault, trains will not stop at Clapham Junction and Earlsfield.

Instead, services will run non-stop between Vauxhall and Wimbledon.

The disruption is expected to last until 5pm.

Several train operators face delays after a vehicle crashed into a bridge in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Lines have since reopened, but another operational incident means trains towards Nottingham and Newark/Northgate could still be delayed by up to 45-minutes.

Here are the affected routes.

• East Midlands Railway between Norwich and Liverpool Lime Street and also between Skegness and Nottingham
• Grand Central between London Kings Cross and Bradford Interchange / Sunderland
• Hull Trains between London Kings Cross and Hull / Beverley
• LNER between London Kings Cross and Lincoln / Leeds / Bradford Forster Square / Harrogate / York / Middlesbrough / Edinburgh / Stirling / Aberdeen / Inverness
• Lumo between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh

Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway services are affected by the emergency incident between Stafford and Lichfield Trent Valley.

All lines are closed while the emergency services attend the scene.

Trains may be cancelled, delayed or revised until about 2.15pm.

Avanti West Coast customers whose train is cancelled can use their ticket on the Avanti train immediately before or after the cancelled one.

TfL is now accepting applications for 60+ London Oyster Photocards following the cyber attack in early September which hit TfL’s digital services.

Last week, applications opened for the 18+ Photocards, Apprentice and 18-25 Care Leavers photocards.

Once customers have applied for a new photocard, the remaining credit on expired Zip photocards can be transferred to new photocards by contacting TfL customer service.

Passengers should also keep a record of fares they should be refunded.

Only after new photocards have been issued can TfL tell customers how they can apply for refunds for any additional travel costs incurred while not being able to apply for a photocard.

London Northwestern Railway services face delays and cancellations after an incident at Rugeley, Staffordshire.

The operator said emergency services are dealing with an incident and trains could be disrupted.

If you have ever been caught in train delays, the uncertainty can be frustrating.

But soon passengers could be able to check how services are working on a live departure-style board at stations.

It comes after the Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said the move will help ‘to hold us to account’ after inheriting a railway that was ‘failing its passengers.’

While she said there are ‘early signs’ of improvement across operators such as LNER, Northern Rail and TransPennine Express, Haigh added that it will ‘take time to pass all the benefits on to passengers.’

She criticised the previous government, accusing it of allowing service cancellations to reach a ’10-year high.’

The government continues with the move to bring back train operations under public ownership.

The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill is expected to pass through the Parliament in the coming weeks.

It means a public sector train operator could be appointed to run services as the default option rather than a last resort.

If you’re travelling to and from Heathrow Airport, you might want to consider using alternative services after major disruption on the route.

There are two issues affecting Elizabeth line, Great Western Railway and Heathrow Express services – a broken rail and shortage of signalling staff after illness.

This means fewer trains can run on some of the lines.

The broken rail could cause disruption until the end of the day, with cancellations, delays or revisions on services. Network Rail engineers continue to monitor the defect which was spotted on the high speed line towards Paddington.

Here is a recap of the affected routes.

• Elizabeth line services between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminal 4 / Maidenhead / Reading, and also between London Paddington / Shenfield and Heathrow Terminal 5
• Great Western Railway services to / from London Paddington
• Heathrow Express services between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5

What other services are there to the airport?

Passengers can use their tickets on London Buses and the London Underground via any reasonable route. Piccadilly line runs between central London and Heathrow.

Passengers travelling between Reading and Waterloo can use South Western Railway services.